Hypertensive diseases of pregnancy are one of the most frequently encountered reasons for maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. The excretion of high levels of mucoprotein takes part in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia through restraining trophoblast invasion. This study aimed to investigate levels of serum mucoprotein three in hypertensive diseases of pregnancy. This study included a total of eighty cases that 20 normal pregnancy, 20 gestational hypertension, 20 preeclampsia, and 20 HELLP syndrome patients from June 2010- January 2011.

Hypertensive diseases of pregnancy are one of the most frequently encountered reasons for maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. The excretion of high levels of mucoprotein takes part in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia through restraining trophoblast invasion. This study aimed to investigate levels of serum mucoprotein three in hypertensive diseases of pregnancy. This study included a total of eighty cases that 20 normal pregnancy, 20 gestational hypertension, 20 preeclampsia, and 20 HELLP syndrome patients from June 2010- January 2011. This is the first study measuring levels of serum mucoprotein three in gestational hypertensive disease. MUC3 levels showed a distinctive increase in hypertensive diseases of pregnancy compared with the pregnant control group. As a result, it is found that plasma mucoprotein 3 levels increase as the severity of hypertensive diseases of pregnancy increases; and plasma mucoprotein 3 could be a precursor for the evaluation of the severity of the disease.

Inclusion Criteria:

• To accept the consent to participate in the research and sign the form,
• According to ACOG 2002, pregnancy meets the criteria of hypertensive diseases [1], The diagnosis of HELLP syndrome was made according to the criteria described by Sibai. These; abnormal peripheral smear, schistocyte in the peripheral smear, lactate dehydrogenase > 600 U / L, hemolysis, total bilirubin> 1.2 mg / dl, AST> 70 U / L, platelet count <100,000mm3.
• When the demographic characteristics and CVs of all cases were questioned in the initial evaluation, not having chronic inflammation or acute infection, not having any systemic disease, recurrent pregnancy loss, thrombophilia, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome,
• Not smoking, No history of cancer, No multiple pregnancies
• Not using antihypertensive, anticoagulant, NSAID, corticosteroid or antiplatelet and antiepileptic drugs

Exclusion Criteria:

• using antihypertensive, anticoagulant, NSAID, corticosteroid or antiplatelet and antiepileptic drugs
• smoking,history of cancer, multiple pregnancies

pregnancy is female-specific. therefore, women were included in the study.

patients who were diagnosed with hypertensive disease among the patients who applied to the pregnant clinic of Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department with the approval of the KTÜ Faculty of Medicine Research Ethics Committee dated 27.05.2010 and 154 number ( 80 cases, including the study group and 20 normotensive pregnant control group) were included in the study between June 2010 and January 2011.